Deutsche Welle (DW) absolves itself of antisemitism claims and punishes its employees

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Published: 2022-02-08 17:06

Last Updated: 2024-04-18 05:42


Deutsche Welle (DW) absolves itself of antisemitism claims and punishes its employees
Deutsche Welle (DW) absolves itself of antisemitism claims and punishes its employees

It seems that Zionism has successfully infiltrated international media, making Deutsche Welle (DW) one of its platforms by defending inhumane practices committed by the Israeli Occupation against the Palestinian people under a cloak of ‘opposition of antisemetism.’

DW published the findings of an “independent probe” which found “no evidence of structural antisemitism at DW.”

“The probe assessed allegations that some DW employees posted antisemitic comments online. The experts found no evidence of structural antisemitism, but called for clearer guidelines for staff and broadcasting partners,” DW wrote.

The experts who carried out the investigation were Ahmad Mansour, a psychologist and an antisemitism expert, and Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, who is a former German Justice Minister.

The investigation report claimed that what was described as antisemitism was limited to individual cases for a number of employees (a Jordanian, Palestinian, Syrian and two Lebanese journalists) who will no longer work at DW but the matter “did not extend to the rest of the editorial department.”

The experts claimed that the onboarding procedures must become “better” and the current employees must be trained “on the topics of antisemitism, Israel and the conflict in the Middle East.”

In an effort to absolve DW of antisemitism claims, the DW Director General Peter Limbourg said “Today we acknowledge omissions and mistakes. We will deal with these promptly, completely and consistently.”

“We will draw clear consequences, including those related to staffing,” he added.

To appease global Zionism, Deutsche Welle said that the defects were “individual cases,” and would be resolved with better recruitment and training procedures.

“The management and I are truly sorry. The mere suspicion of antisemitism in a German, tax-funded institution must be intolerable for Jewish people in this country and around the world,” Limbourg said.

He added “We must make our position much clearer in the future. Freedom of expression is never a justification for antisemitism, hatred of Israel and denial of the Holocaust.”

The five journalists who were offered as scapegoats in an effort to acquit DW of its negligence had published on their private social media accounts the comments that “clearly amounted to antisemitism, Holocaust denial or Holocaust relativism, as well as statements that denied Israel's right to exist,” according to the experts.

“The investigation examined remarks by DW employees made on their personal social media profiles as well as comments published in outside media,” DW’s article said.

They added that the previous suspension of these five employees was “justified.”

“Those were comments that were made on private social media accounts — but they were public,” Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said.

Additionally, in an effort for DW to appear as very democratic, the article added that the head of DW's Arabic service has “offered to step down from the post and DW has accepted the offer,” without any indication that there had been a pressure on the head to resign.

In order for DW to completely absolve itself from any accusations, the article added that the experts advised DW “against further cooperation with two broadcasters” who are Roya TV and the Lebanese TV channel, Al Jadeed, with untrue and unfounded allegations that this was after they discovered “Roya was spreading antisemitic comments and cartoons.”